This summer we've curated your Help I Have A Teenager playlist with a healthy dose of culture-savvy conversation parents actually want - Parenting Out Loud.

Welcome to Parenting Out Loud where you can be sure you're kicking off your weekend right.

Monz, Amelia and Stacey are here to unpack the week once more — through the wild, wonderful lens of parenthood.

On the show this week:

• KPop Demon Hunters is smashing records. Kids love it, parents ADORE it so, what’s behind all the hype?

• Tracking apps: a non-negotiable today, or are we just spying on the ones we love?

• The evidence that says having kids young is a good idea. We’re not completely sold, but we are talking about it.

• And Anne Hathaway: the quiet queen of gentle parenting who put the paps in their place.

Settle in — it’s the group chat you won’t want to mute.

Plus, it’s our recommendations:

🎁 Stacey recommends a 'shit bits box' to save your sanity.

🛏️ Amelia has discovered the first kids' bedtime book that she’s actually enjoyed herself.

🧇 And Monz has got a heartwarming TV show for the family to enjoy.

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What To Listen To Next: 

• Don't miss an episode of Parenting Out Loud
• The 'Normal' We Need To Interrogate & The Father's Day Rethink
• The Third Kid Dessert Analogy & FFS, Stop With The Texts
• Dr Becky's DFK Theory & The Great Trampoline Debate
• The Ms Rachel Controversy & The Great Kids Vs Friendships Debate
• A New Co-Parenting Rule & The 100% Work Dilemma
• The Death Of The Dining Table & 'Outdated' Schooling
• Grandparents — It's Time For Your Performance Review
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts 

What to read: 

• 'K-Pop Demon Hunters is breaking records on Netflix. Here's why I'm obsessed with it.'
• The one thing that made me question using a tracking app on my kids.
• 'I lost my mum before I had kids. Here are the hard truths about becoming a mother without her.'
• From 18 to 44: 13 women on the age they had a baby - and whether it mattered.
• 'I'm disappointed my daughter wants to have a baby. She's too young.'
• Anne Hathaway, Drew Barrymore and 15 other celebrities on why they quit drinking.
• Queen Mary was 28 when she met King Frederik in a Sydney pub. This is their family life now.

THE END BITS: 

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GET IN TOUCH:

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Monique Bowley, Stacey Hicks & Amelia Lester

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Sasha Tannock

Senior/Audio Producer: Leah Porges

Junior Content Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.